-I am grateful for my relationship with Noah. I am so glad that I have a marriage that makes me feel good about myself.

-I am grateful for my relationship with my children. I feel like I am able to give them my best self most of the time and they are thriving.

-I am grateful for all of the people who love me despite my continual angsting and whining.

-I am grateful that I have a god damn awesome yard. I haven’t killed all the plants!

-I am grateful that so many of my neighbors are taking the time to tell me thank you for painting the fence. It feels nice that I am not the only one who is happy about this art.

-I am grateful that my mental illness is not running rampant and unchecked. I *am* making forward progress.

-I am grateful that I have children not born of my body who obviously love me and feel safe with me. I am doing something right in my behavior.

-I am grateful that people feel they can ask me for advice and counsel. I am doing something right that people think they can trust me.

-I am grateful that I have a lot of good food in my house. I am blessed.

-I am grateful that I have the safety to know that my bills will be paid every month. I understand that is a luxury not everyone has in this lifetime. I don’t think this is happening because I am “smart” or because I “deserve it” any more than I deserved being homeless as a child. It just happened.

Time to make dinner.